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Show Lovera t & Baseball Gams. It may bavo been t!:o rain that baodootd the Oaklauds, or porliapa it was that touching Utile scoi.-j from "Borneo nnd Juliet" enttetcl in rt:ie uf tiu h r.,. Along about the niiJiile of t i,e t .i:'.ie one ia tbe t'r'lut' bt;in-.l driver. .1 t.u pitnper-ing, pitnper-ing, a;ui eyed lovers in t:ie u.-L o pii;ii"L,iuy tbelr troth hi the bus. They bud evidtutly waud-.-i-t-l in from tbe Al'ulfa inied regions round about Milpiuis to t.d;i ij Jeuratuui D;iy exercises. ex-ercises. Then homebod y sr. '..red tiiem out to tlie ball p:ir!;, where ttity jiLiced themselves them-selves on exhibition in their yroat two-hearti-tliat-be.Ht-ns-oiie act. In plain siyht of 4,000 people nnd the players they sat loviigly elusped in each otlier's arms, thinkiug thoughts too utterly utter for words. First ho would rapturously raptur-ously kiss the maiden und then naze down into tbe sweet, soulful depths of herlovelit eyes, nnd she would bury her face in his celuloid collar and sigh like a bathtub exhaust. ex-haust. "Does her love her 'ittle tootseyF" he would exclaim with all the fervency of whicb a strong man is capable. "Well, I should fiurgle, Petie," and the listening winds wafted the answer to the eight thousand expectantears in the grand stand. They took no interest whatever in the game as tbey sat in silent bliss, utterly oblivious ob-livious to the shouts of "Shut tbe door" and "Break away." Both audience and players forgot the game for three innings while watching the unconscious young couple in the box. Once, while the uproar was at its height, Romeo tore himself away from Juliet's side long enough to go out on the balcony und ascertain, if possible, the cause of the excitement. He glanced down toward the score board, thinking, perhaps, that some important news bad just arrived from San Jose. He tbeo returned to the impatient maiden, wbo bad not been kissed for nearly two seconds, and made it as pleasant for her as he could. 1 Not until the game was over did the ; young folks learn that their sacred seance in the box bad been exposed to tbe vulgar j gaze of a cold, unfeeling world. As they I were leaving the park some one exclaimed, "There they are," and the crowd gave them a vigorous round of applause. The grl wound a veil around her crimson cheeks, and Romeo instinctively felt in his girdle for a dagger with which to stab himself to death, San Francisco Chronicle, |
